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"Within the human heart is a nearly universal desire to believe
that man is the sole master of his own fate. William Ernest Henley, near
the beginning of the last century wrote INVICTUS, which expresses mankind's
heart attitude." (Jerald Manley)

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance,
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance,
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the Shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments, the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.

And the rich man [the "captain of
his soul"] also died, and was
buried;
and in Hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments.
And he cried, ...I am tormented in this flame. (Luke 16:22-24)

And so, by his own hand, another soul goes out into a godless
eternity in Hell!
But YOU can be saved if you will but trust Jesus
Christ as your Saviour (read on).

If our greatest need had been information,
God would have sent us an Educator.
If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a Scientist.
If our greatest need had been financial, God would have sent us an Economist.
If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an Entertainer.
But our greatest need was forgiveness of our sins, so God sent us a Saviour!(Roy Lessin)

(sins) have separated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear."(Isaiah 59:2)

Q. What is "sin"?A. Sin is the breaking of God's Law or laws, thereby
missing the mark or standard that God has set for you and for all mankind. ISBE: "Sin is any
attitude of indifference, unbelief, or disobedience to the will of God revealed in
conscience, law, or gospel--whether this attitude expresses itself in thought, word, deed,
or settled disposition and conduct. Sin is the centering of the self upon something,
or someone, less than God Himself."Sin
is doing wrong according to God's standard."For all have sinned, and come short of
the glory of God"(Romans 3:23)

(right acting
and right thinking) that is summed up in the Ten Commandments and the Two Commandments of
Jesus Christ.The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:1-17 "And God
spake all these words, saying,
#1. "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."
#2. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the
third and fourth generation of them that hate (reject) Me; And shewing mercy unto
thousands of them that love (receive) Me, and keep my commandments."
#3. "Thou shalt not take the Name (representing all that God is) of the Lord thy
God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain."
#4. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and
do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt
not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore
the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
#5. "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee."
#6. "Thou shalt not kill (murder)."
#7. "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
#8. "Thou shalt not steal."
#9. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."
#10. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor
any thing that is thy neighbour's."(The Ten Commandments summed up in Jesus Christ's Two
Commandments) Mark 12:30-31, Jesus speaking,
#1. "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
commandment."
#2. "And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."

Q. Where did sin come from?A. When God created Adam and Eve as the first human beings,
and placed them in the Garden of Eden, God denied them access to one tree while giving
them freedom over every other thing in the Garden (Gen. 2:16-17). The tree denied
was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve were created innocent,
but not incapable of sin. They were also created with the ability to choose to obey
God or to disobey God. God warned them that "in
the day that you eat of that tree you shalt surely [spiritually]
die."
But Satan said,"Has God said? For God knows that when
you eat of that tree, your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good
and evil."
As long as Adam and Eve remained in innocence they would never die physically or
spiritually. But by disobeying God they lost their innocence, died spiritually, and
became guilty sinners before God, responsible for the breaking of God's law. "Eve saw the fruit of the tree; Eve desired to be
wise, she took of the fruit, gave also to her husband, and Adam did eat" (Genesis
3:6). "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the
transgression" (1 Timothy 2:14).

Q. How does sin affect me?A. Since Adam and Eve are not only the first humans, but
also the first parents, every human being traces their lineage directly back to them.
Every person is genetically bound to Adam and Eve. Therefore their
"fall" (disobedience to God), which resulted in their "fallen nature"
(sin nature) has been passed down through the centuries through
each set of parents to their children, and ultimately to you.You
were born with a sin nature that causes you to sin, therefore you are a sinner
in actuality and in the sight of God."Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into
the world, and death
("separation from God") by sin; and so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned" (Romans 5:12)

Q.
So I am a sinner like every other man or woman. What does that matter?A. Because God is a holy, righteous God who cannot and
will not allow sin in His presence, therefore your sin-nature and the resulting sins will
keep you from ever being in God's presence. In other words, as a sinner
you cannot be permitted to enter Heaven when you die. And since your soul
never dies, you will spend eternity in Hell.
"Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord, and from the glory of his power" (2Thessalonians 1:9)

Q. Though I may be a sinner before God in the strict sense,
yet I am not as wicked as a murderer or a thief. Why am I to be punished in Hell like a murderer
or a thief? A. Because in God's eyes, to break one of His Laws, no
matter how "minor" in your eyes, is to break each of His Laws. When you
broke the "least" of His Laws you revealed your disobedience toward God, and you
will be held accountable for that disobedience. "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in one point, he is guilty of all." (James 2:10)"For as many as are of the works of the law
are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all
things which are written in the book of the law to do them." (Galatians 3:10)

Q. Ok, as a sinner, what is my position before God?A. In your thinking processes you are an enemy toward God.
You give not a thought toward God, and if you do think about God it is a god of your own
making and choosing."Because the carnal
("earthly nature")mind is
enmity("hostile") against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be."
(Romans 8:7) A. Because of your sin-nature and your resulting sins,
you are already condemned before God even as you live."He that believeth on Him
[Jesus
Christ] is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God." (John 3:18)A. Your mind is darkened by the god of this world, Satan."In whom the god of
this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, Who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Corinthians 4:4)A. You live, move and have your being in darkness."And this is the condemnation, that
light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil." ( John 3:19)A. Though you have physical life, you are dead spiritually."And
you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh..."
(Colossians 2:13)"And you ... who were dead in trespasses and sins"
(Ephesians 2:1)

This is best pictured by a great
chasm or divide. You are on one side and God is on the other. There
is no human or earthly way for you to gain the other side. Nothing you can
or would do is sufficient to bridge the gap.

Q.
How can I get from where I am to
where I need to be?
A. First, you need to realize and acknowledge that you
are a helpless and hopeless sinner, and that the great divide between you and
God is of your own making. Second, you need to realize that you have offended a holy and righteous
God by your actions and disobedience. Third, you need to realize that God is the One who seeks to reconcile you
to Himself. God does not need you to be reconciled to Himself, but His great
mercy, grace and longsuffering are purposefully made available to sinners.Fourth, you need to realize that the God who seeks to reconcile you has
revealed His plan and purpose to you through His written Word, the holy Bible.
The Bible is the only source of truth concerning God, and your hope for going to
Heaven when you die. And only the truth can set you free.Fifth, You need to believe ("put your trust in the word of Another") that
what God says is true. Sixth, You need to believe that Jesus Christ is God come in human flesh
to reveal God to mankind.
You need to believe that Jesus Christ died
on the cross of Calvary to satisfy the wrath of God toward you and your sins.Seventh, You need to repent
("change your mind") about who God is, and how offensive your sins actually are.
You need to see yourself as God sees you, a lost, undone sinner in need of a
Saviour.Eighth, You need to believe that the death Christ died was sufficient to
pay the price of your sins, and that His resurrection from the grave is proof
that God accepted Christ's shed blood on your behalf and in your place.Ninth. You need to receive the free gift of salvation as offered by God
through Jesus Christ.

Believe—Repent—Pray, “God be merciful to me a sinner who believes in my
heart that Jesus Christ paid the full payment of my sin; that He fully
satisfied the wrath of God on my behalf through His shed blood; and that God
raised Him from the dead, fully satisfied with His sacrifice. I now repent
of my sins and trust Jesus Christ’s death alone for my salvation. In Jesus
name I pray, amen.” (John 3:16)

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved”
Romans 10:13